our schedule will undoubtedly get easier by March. just need to tread water in 2022 to have some life by then, but if we have prospects of being more than a play-in team, we have to do more than tread water.
Re-evaluated in Philly on Monday and cleared to increase on the court activity; so you might be right. Could just have something to do with not traveling with the team on the road trip.
Nate, brah.... you've been here a long time, so I'm disappointed in you, amigo. You do know these dudes are, one, dumb as shit; and two, humorless? You've earned the dumb responses you will inevitably receive.
Yeah, I TOTALLY thought that GPII would never play a SINGLE game for the Blazers. (I can capitalize specific words too )
I have been here for 16 years. I might have a history of making outrageous posts, but I don’t have a history of walking back a post. You can choose to think what you want. I don’t really care.
You know - the color of all that currency they threw at Payton (and hard-capped the team) just so he could take an extended vacation. And for the record, I think you were right the first time. At this point I see no reason to expect him to make a meaningful contribution.
The problem is that we don't need guards. At all. That's why the choice never made sense from the beginning.
While I would have loved to have a bigger player, it is wingspans that now matter not height. Positions mean less than they used to. Gary Payton does not play guard on Defense. He is always matched up against Jason Tatum or even Giannis when his teams play those ones.
I guess we will see. He hasn't stuck with anyone until he got to the Warriors and they have a fantastic defense.
I know wingspan is a factor, but I think it's a lot smaller factor than many believe. It's an often-used argument to try and justify shorter players. 6'2 isn't going to defend 6'8 well with longer arms. Much more important to have lower body strength and fast reaction
You could say the same of tall, skinny players who get pushed around. The fact of the matter is, it takes a lot of factors to be good on either side of the ball. Height and wingspan are basically offsetting ones, no matter how much you try to downplay the latter.